Global Issues 2

"Globally, 42 million people are now living with HIV/AIDS. In 2002, 5 million were newly infected with HIV and 3.1 million were killed by AIDS. The epidemic is developing rapidly in new areas, and is growing fastest in parts of the Europe and Central Asia region. UNAIDS warns that 11 million more people will acquire HIV in Asia by 2007 unless effective action is taken." I got this information of HIV/AIDS from miniatlas of GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT. Not only in developing countries but also in developped countries, HIV/AIDS is a big problem. (in 2001) In Japan, infected adults (ages 15-49 years) is under 0.5% . In United States, the figure is 0.5%-4.9%. In South Africa (and some African countries), amagingly the figure is 20% and over! Even if the Japanese number of living with HIV/AIDS is lower than that of South Africa, the fact that many infected people are living without knowledge and effective care does not changed.